San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-06-30
KIN 6
Solomon 5 Mines.
BY II. RIDER HAGGARD.

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anas generally rendered recovery homeless.
In most cases the poor sufferers were al
ready unconscious and in others the fatal
mick" of the artery was done 50 swiftly and
painIessly that they did not seem to notice
it. Still it was CHASTITY sight and one from
which we were glad to escape: indeed |
never remember one which affected me more
than seeing those ralIant soldiers thus mt
| out of pain by the red-handcd medicine men,
| except, indeed. on An occasion. when. after
an attack. | saw force Of Swazis burying
| their hopeIessIy wounded alive.
Uurrving from this dreadful sc,ne IN the
| further side NJ tba konnin we found Sir
Henry cwho still held \ hIoodv battIe.ax in
his hand). Ignosi, nradons and one or two
| of the chiefs IN deep consultation.
.Urhonk Heaven. here Won are Oueter.
| mainI can't mite mako nut what Irnnsi
| wants to do. II seems that thorrh we have
beaten off fine attack rwuIa il now rrcni,.
| ing large reinforrpupnts and is shaving a
| disnosftion 10 invest ia with n view of
| starving lis ont"
.Vrbot,o oy,L,yord ,,
i'I'"'i' 40 i''t',""' says ''i'' ''i'
"a.' "PP'' """ S'',I '"''
MY ioru' tlaI Is SO, saiu lhIauoos; the
SprInE cannot supply the wants OF so great u
hiuitl'u"c' ana Is lalilh% rapidly. Before
HiSht we "i,aIl all DC tnliHlH' Listen Macu-
li'"|a'lii' i"ou arr WIS., anu haS' "ouDueSS
seen many MaiS III ti'e l"i"I' rom whence
wars in the stars. Now tell us. what shall
we dop Twaia has brnuyht mn many fresh
men to take the place of these who have
fallen. But TwaIa has learned a lesson: the
hawk did not think TO find the heron ready.
| but orr beak has pierced his breast. he will
not strike at us again. We. too are wound
ed, and he will wait for us to die: he will
wind himself round us like sn Ike round a
buck, and Iight the fight of sit down."
Il hear you." | said.
$50 ,(,cmn,yobn FINN soast ,ya h,ve M
| water hcre ami hut a nm, fn,d and v,e
muct oI,oo.a h,t,Yo,,,, tJ,,.xo ti.r tI,i,,,, IN
I,,,.,ri.h liz. s.,r,,i,,, lin, il, his ,I,, ~
| to strivo IN hrool. ,,yo,7 tnu,,rJ ,ro ,,ortI,
or,,-or,I Inra l,n r,.n ind noiptaI tn,,arJ
~, ,I,,,oo ,,,r. ,g fin, ro,s st., I,uroI, ,,,,r
,orros st,,i.,ht ot q y,.I.,,s tr,r,,t I,,c,,r,
| ,b, ,,,.,.ot ,,..rri,, ,, ,I,,. ba ,n,,,It ia
| n hr'T,f,, ,,p., .,pJ .r,y,I,,s snr,r;nrs won't
,Io,,r l.t.r,Li. t,I.. .,,rr IN, rn,,. tr, boiI.
| wit, III. 90, r,,s ,.,,y il Ir,,,hu saws
| ON. r.rn. ,,,t fine = ,.,h.,rf Uprunu, * over
rror,. f., ,.,,,r.,n N,,y VIII + .,,s Ni,,urn,-
Jain tl., ,yir,, ,.Id f.,v who has sca, much
| and I,y.- T., hit, Lis rremv from, hnbinjp
Thn last war. ..i,,,,,,.;iI..I .,, Inv II 10
a him - r;rii I'm .n,.,l, of war. hnt let ns
heal thy voice, TOO OF nm OF the tranSpar
ent eye
Nv hat sayest thou, lgnosi?' | asked
Nay, my father answered our quon'
dam servant VINO now clad as ne was I'D
the full panOply OF savage war, looked every
men warrior king, do thou speak, ana let
me. who am but child in wisdom beside
thee, hearken to thy words"
nus adJnred, l, alter taxing nasty couh'
sci with Good and Sir Henry, delivered my
opinion briefly to the effect That, beng
trapped, our best chance, especially IN view
OF the failure OF our water supply was 10
initiate an attack upon Twala's forces, and
then recommended that the attack should
| be delivered at once, before our wounds
grew SUN, ana also before the slghI OF
IwaIa'S overpowerlng force caused the
hearts OF our soldiers TO wax small ike tat
before fire." Otherwise, pointed out,
some OF the captains might change sleIr
minds, and, making peace with Iwala,
IhlS expression OF opinion seemed, on the
whole' 10 be laVOraOly recelved' indeed,
among the hukuahaS my utterahceS met
with respect which mas never oeen accord.
| Ell TO them before or since. But the real
decision as to our course lay with lgnOSl,
VINO, since ne mad been recognized as right
iuI king, could exercise the almost unbound
Ell rights or sovereignty, including,
course the mai declSOn on matters OF gen.
eraIshlp, and It was to nm that all eyes
were now turned.
AT length after pause, during when he
appeared TO be thinking deeply, ne spoke:
"lncubu, MacumuZahn, ana Boughwan,
brave white men, and my friends; lntadOos,
my uncle, and chiefs; my heart IS hXed.
will strike at Iwala this day, and set my
fortunes on the blow, ay, and my life; my
life and your lives also. Listen: thus will |
strike. 1e see how the hill curves round
like the halt-moon, and how the PLAIN runs
Hhe Il green to"aru Us WlllIh Ile cuINe'
we see, answered.
H"Oui II IS now hluuay' anu the men
eat ana rest alter 'hc toii Oh Dalue. Nheh
tAe sun mas turned anu traNeIeo lI''le way
toward the DARK let tily Te-'ihel'' my uIcle'
advance WIN one o'lleI uo"h 10 tlle green
tongue. ANA IL sIlali DE tiat Wheh IWala
sees IL ne snail h'rl MS force at 10 crush
IL But the spot Is narrow ana the regi-
ihchtS can come against lllee one at d uuie
only; SO snail they DE destroyed one by one
anu tlle eyes OF all lWaIa army snall DC
hXed upon Struggle the Ike OF Whlch mas
not peeh seen Dy lVlhS man. Ana WIN tliee
my umcie snail go lhcuDu my irlenu' that
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